Download OLIVIER AWARDS WITH MASTERCARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

PRESS EMBARGO: Sunday 28 April 2013 21:30 BST
OLIVIER AWARDS WITH MASTERCARD
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME WINS AN IMPRESSIVE SEVEN
AWARDS INCLUDING BEST ACTOR FOR LUKE TREADAWAY AND MASTERCARD BEST NEW
PLAY, EQUALLING MATILDA THE MUSICAL’S 2012 RECORD WIN
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THE AUDIENCE’S HELEN MIRREN CROWNED BEST ACTRESS AND RICHARD MCCABE
AWARDED BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
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MICHAEL BALL AND IMELDA STAUNTON WIN BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
FOR THEIR ROLES IN BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL SWEENEY TODD
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TOP HAT WINS THREE AWARDS INCLUDING BEST NEW MUSICAL
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BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL WINS BBC RADIO 2 AUDIENCE AWARD VOTED BY THE PUBLIC
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CO-HOST AND TWO-TIME OLIVIER AWARD WINNER SHERIDAN SMITH OPENED THE
CEREMONY WITH A DAZZLING PERFORMANCE OF DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND
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OTHER SPECIAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDED INTERNATIONAL STARS MATTHEW
MORRISON, IDINA MENZEL AND PETULA CLARK, AS WELL AS MICHAEL BALL, TIM
MINCHIN AND A SPECIAL CATS TRIBUTE TO GILLIAN LYNNE
The winners of the most prestigious event in the UK theatrical calendar, the 37th Olivier
Awards with MasterCard, were announced tonight (28 April 2013) at a glamorous ceremony at
London’s Royal Opera House in front of a packed audience of illustrious guests including award
presenters Kim Cattrall, Tom Hiddleston, Damian Lewis, Lara Pulver and Daniel Radcliffe.
Two-time Olivier Award winner Sheridan Smith, hosted the Awards with Hugh Bonneville, and
opened the show with a dazzling performance of Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
choreographed by Arlene Phillips. There were also exclusive performances from international
musical theatre stars Matthew Morrison, Idina Menzel and Petula Clark, and unique
entertainment from Tim Minchin, Michael Ball, and a Cats musical tribute to Special Award
winner Gillian Lynne. The BBC Concert Orchestra was conducted by David Charles Abell, with
original music by Larry Blank, and orchestrations by Larry Blank and Mark Cumberland.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, an adaption of Mark Haddon’s best-selling
novel by Simon Stephens at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre and the Apollo Theatre,
was the evening’s biggest winner taking home seven awards, equalling Matilda the Musical’s
record win in 2012. As well as MasterCard Best New Play, the play’s winners included Luke
Treadaway for Best Actor, Nicola Walker for Best Supporting Actress, Marianne Elliott for Best
Director, Paule Constable for the White Light Award for Lighting Design, Bunny Christie and
Finn Ross for the XL Video Award for Best Set Design and Ian Dickinson and Adrian Sutton for
Best Sound Design.
Helen Mirren was crowned Best Actress for her portrayal of The Queen in Peter Morgan’s
drama The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre, with Richard McCabe winning Best Supporting
Actor for his performance as Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre was presented to The Season of New Writing
at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court.
Other wins for drama included Best Revival for A Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Apollo
Theatre and Best Entertainment and Family for Goodnight Mr Tom at the Phoenix Theatre.
In musical theatre, Best Musical Revival Sweeney Todd’s co-stars and 2011 and 2012 Olivier
Awards hosts Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton celebrated Best Actor and Actress in a Musical
wins for their roles at the Adelphi Theatre.
Also winning three awards and bringing the glamour of the golden age of Hollywood to the
West End, Top Hat at the Aldwych Theatre won Best New Musical, as well as Autograph Sound
Award for Best Theatre Choreographer for Bill Deamer, and Best Costume Design for Jon
Morrell.
American actress Leigh Zimmerman, performing in A Chorus Line at the London Palladium,
collected the award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.
The publicly voted BBC Radio 2 Audience Award was presented to Billy Elliot The Musical at
the Victoria Palace theatre, a musical which has been shortlisted in the category for the last
three years and now scoops the award.
Best New Dance Production was won by the Royal Ballet for Aeternum at the Royal Opera
House, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon with Outstanding Achievement in Dance
presented to Argentinian principal dancer Marianela Nunez for Aeternum, Diana and Actaeon
and Viscera, also at the Royal Opera House.
Best New Opera Production was presented to Einstein on the Beach, by Robert Wilson and
Philip Glass with choreography by Lucinda Childs at the Barbican Theatre, a five-hour
production which invited audiences to enter and exit at their leisure. American tenor Bryan
Hymel won Outstanding Achievement in Opera for his performances in Les Troyens, Robert Le
Diable and Rusalka at the Royal Opera House.
This year’s Special Award winners were choreographer and director Gillian Lynne, and
playwright Michael Frayn, whose respective shows Cats and Noises Off are currently touring
nationally.
The evening’s show also included a live link to a free public Olivier Awards celebration on the
BBC Radio 2 stage in Covent Garden Piazza where hundreds of theatre-lovers enjoyed West
End performances and a live big screen relay of the ceremony. The Covent Garden event was
hosted by Radio 2 presenter Claudia Winkleman and West End leading man Michael Xavier.
The Awards were broadcast live to the public on BBC Radio 2, with extensive highlights
broadcast shortly afterwards on ITV television from 10.15-11.50pm and then available on ITV
Player.
To keep up with the latest Olivier Awards news and engage with the Awards online visit
Facebook.com/olivierawards, Twitter and Instagram @OlivierAwards #oliviers. Everyone can
share photos and video media via the Oliviers live-streaming Wall by tagging content #oliviers
via Twitter, Instagram, YouTube or Tumblr. The Wall is hosted on the Oliviers website and
Facebook: www.olivierawards.com/thewall.
-ENDSTHE OLIVIER AWARDS – INCLUDING INTERVIEW AND IMAGE REQUESTS:
Alison Duguid, Press and Communications Manager, Society of London Theatre
[email protected], 020 7557 6727
Matthew Brown, Senior Press and Communications Officer, Society of London Theatre
[email protected], 020 7557 6729
Notes to Editors:
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Established in 1976, the Laurence Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of
London’s theatre and are Britain’s most prestigious stage honours. For further
information, including 2013 winners, visit: www.olivierawards.com
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The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is the organisation which represents the
producers, theatre owners and managers of the 52 major commercial and grant-aided
theatres in central London. The organisation exists in order to promote theatregoing,
develop audiences, and to serve, protect and promote the interests of those engaged in
theatre across London, through activities including The Olivier Awards with
MasterCard, TKTS ticket booth, the Official London Theatre guide, Theatre Tokens and
the annual promotions Kids Week and Get Into London Theatre.
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The Society of London Theatre welcomes the following partners for The Olivier Awards
2013 with MasterCard (as of 28 April 2013):
o MasterCard, headline sponsor
o Radisson Edwardian and the May Fair Hotel, hotel partner
o The Haymarket Hotel, hosts of the nominees celebration
o American Airlines, airline partner
o MAC cosmetics, make-up partner
o Laurent Perrier, champagne partner
o Chester Barrie, menswear partner
o Audi, car partner
o CBS, advertising partner
o See Tickets, ticketing partner
o The Ivy Club
o With additional support from Divine Chocolate, Harper Office, Hildon,
Newmans and Pineapple